447, Lot: 301. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left; H beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 987A. Toned with some underlying luster, minor porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 133; Amphora FPL 72 (March 2000), lot 176; Amphora FPL 64 (October 1997), lot 167; Superior Galleries (6 December 1991), lot 685; Superior Galleries “Moreira Sale” (31 May 1988), lot 1986.

The last three letters of the reverse legend, TO∆, have been recut as ΠΠ, most likely indicating the mint was reusing a die from Caracalla’s reign.